New President and first Meeting of 2012-13

     New President Ngaire Cannon conducted the first meeting of 2012-13.  In a host of announcements she
 
--congratulateded past president Geoff on a great year culminating in a Presidential Citation for the club from Rotary,

--introduced Assistant Governor Bob Slater who in his speech stressed two points the importance of intra-Cluster support between neighouring clubs, and thoughts on how to sustain Rotary under the pressures of aging membership. He put forward the idea that clubs tap into communtity resources and people and have experienced Rotarians lead their actions when manual efforts are the prime element in any project,

--hosted guests , notably speaker Andrew Woods who described his experiences on a recent GSE tour to Central California (see speech  below),

--sought and got manpower for a BBQ morning linked to supporting a morning television program.  At very short notice a sizeable fund raising opportunity was mustered for this Friday 6 July (Ngaire and the HRC implicitly had but 2-3 days notice of the event ).  

--reviewed the injury list noting that Vic Burns was at the meeting, Arch Crow had relocated to the Independent Care Nursing Home in Thames St Box Hill, and Charles Morrison (back) was recuperating at the Donvale Rehab facility, and

--concluded with a Disraeli quote  "experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action" and wished all a good week ahead.